This article investigates the effect increasing secondary education opportunities has on teenage fertility in Brazil … between 1997 and 2009, the analysis shows an important role of secondary school availability on underage fertility. An … increase of one school per 100 females reduces a cohort's teenage birthrate by between 0.250 and 0.563 births per 100, or a …

Brazil’s public pension expenditure is about 9 per cent of GDP, above the OECD average. Given that OECD countries are … generally not only wealthier, but also significantly older, Brazil’s pension expenditures are clearly excessive, draining … for only 5 per cent of total retirees. Given the demographic challenges Brazil is likely to face in the next decades …